Reconstruction of the lower urinary tract by laparoscopic and robotic surgery

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 390-395

  Challacombe, Ben ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Reconstruction; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BLADDER; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER DIVERTICULECTOMY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER SURGERY; COLPOSUSPENSION; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; HUMAN; ILEAL CONDUIT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER REIMPLANTATION; URETHRA; URETHRAL SLING; URINARY DIVERSION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; REPLANTATION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 35148831215     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f07488     Document Type: Review

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